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Dark Academia and Gothic Literature
ID Zajc, Petra (Author), ID Krevel, Mojca (Mentor) More about this mentor... This link opens in a new window, ID Šporčič, Anamarija (Comentor)

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This master’s thesis focuses on a comparative analysis of Gothic and Dark Academia literary genres. Gothic literature has, since its origins in the 18th century, evolved and adapted to the public’s fears and anxieties brought on by the sociopolitical climate and its changes. It has thus become a versatile genre that is difficult to define in simple terms. Dark Academia is a new and developing genre arguably started by Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, which gained significance during the COVID-19 pandemic. In my thesis I assess and present the core elements of the Gothic genre as a whole and draw parallels between Gothic and Dark Academia literature, establishing the latter as a descendant of the former. The comparison is based on the identification of key elements shared by the two genres (the setting, the Sublime, Terror and Horror, the Uncanny, doubling, abjection, the haunting of the past or the manifestations of the supernatural, and textual transgressions) and supported by direct examples from the four staple Dark Academia novels: The Secret History by Donna Tartt, If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R. F Kuang, and Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.

Language:English
Keywords:Gothic literature, Dark Academia, genre, terror, horror, uncanny, transgression, supernatural
Work type:Master's thesis/paper
Organization:FF - Faculty of Arts
Year:2026
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-184908 This link opens in a new window
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Publication date in RUL:17.07.2026
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Temačni akademski roman in gotsko leposlovje
Abstract:
Magistrsko delo se osredotoča na primerjalno analizo gotskega leposlovja in temačnega akademskega romana. Že od začetkov literarne gotike v 18. stoletju se je žanr spreminjal in prilagajal strahovom družbe, ki so se pojavili kot odraz sociopolitičnega okolja in njegovih sprememb. S tem je postal zelo raznolik, kar je otežilo žanrsko kategorizacijo in oblikovanje jasne definicije. Temačni akademski roman, prototip katerega je roman Donne Tartt, Skrivna zgodovina, je relativno nov žanr, ki je postal še posebej relevanten med pandemijo COVIDa-19. V magistrskem delu določim bistvene elemente gotskega leposlovja, ki jih nato analiziram v kontekstu temačnega akademskega romana z namenom umestitve slednjega v tradicijo gotske književnosti Primerjava je izvedena na podlagi ključnih elementov, ki se pojavljajo v obeh žanrih (okolje, sublimnost, strah in groza, srhljiva nenavadnost, dvojniki, izločitev, preganjanje s strani preteklosti ali manifestacija nadnaravnih sil, in besedilna angažiranost) in podprta s primeri iz štirih reprezentativnih romanov žanra temačnega akademskega romana: Skrivna zgodovine Donne Tartt, If We Were Villains M. L. Rio, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of Oxford Translators’ Revolution R. F Kuang, in Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo.

Keywords:gotsko leposlovje, temačni akademski roman, žanr, strah, groza, srhljiva nenavadnost, angažiranost, nadnaravno

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